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I I I I I ~00 Metro ~quare Buil~½~g, 7th ~treet and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Area 612, 291-6359 September 23, 1981 TO: Metropolitan Area Government Officials I I I I I I I I I A number of local officials have raised " q~e~lons in recent months regarding certain local ordinance "override" provisions of the 1980 State Waste Management Act. Specifically, they have asked the Council for more information regarding the respective powers of the Council and local governments in the establishment operation of sanitary landfills, sludge ash landfills or other waste managem~n facilities. . - This letter is an a~temp% to answer the questions most frequently raised. With the passage of the 1980 Waste Management Act, the Metropolitan Council was given the responsibility of reviewing municipal, township and county restrictions on waste facilities and on the transportation of solid waste. 'With the Council's approval, local units of government can place restrictions or conditions on facilities operated by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) for the disposal of sewage sludge and sewage sludge ash disposal. These conditions may involve the construction, operation, inspec- tion, monitoring and maintenance of a MWCC waste facility, and the use of sewage sludge on private property. l~e same 1980 law allows counties and other local units of goverment to have ordinances that govern the transportation of solid waste. The law provides that such ordinances must be r,easonable and do not prevent the transportation of solid waste through and between counties an~ local'units of government. Any licensed waste hauler, metropolitan county or municipality can request that the Council review such an ordinance. That law states that disapproval by the Council invalidates the ordinance. The Waste Management Act gives the Council and the seven metropolitan counties authority to override city or township ordinances that prevent the establish- .. ment of county solid waste landfills and resource recovery facilities. A county may establish such facilities without complying With local ordinances, if the action is approved by the Council. At the same time, if the Council approves, cities and townships may impose and enforce reasonable conditions - - respecting, the construction, operation', inspec.t~on, monitoring.and maintenance "i"i ""- of landfills and recovery fac~lities~ ...... t . , ........ An Agency Created to Coordinate the Planning gnd Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: ' _ Anoka County 0 Carver County 0 Dakota County o !l~lennepin County 0 Ramsey County 0 Scott County. 0 W~hington County